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The White Stripes Was An Alternative Rock Band Formed In 1997 In Detroit Michigan United States. They Disbanded In 2011. The Group Consisted Of Songwriter Jack White Vocals Piano/keyboards Guitar And Meg White Drums Vocals . After Releasing Several Singles And Three Albums Within The Detroit Independent Music Underground The White Stripes Rose To Prominence In 2002 As Part Of The Garage Rock Revival Scene. Their Successful Albums White Blood Cells And Elephant Drew Them Attention From A Large Variety Of Media Outlets In The United States And The United Kingdom. The White Stripes Used A Low-Fidelity Do-It-Yourself Approach To Writing And Recording. Their Music Features A Melding Of Punk And Blues Influences And A Raw Simplicity Of Composition Arrangement And Performance. The Duo Is Also Noted For Their Fashion And Design Aesthetic Which Features A Simple Color Scheme Of Red White And Black. The White Stripes' Discography Consists Of Six Studio Albums Two Extended Plays EP One Video Album 26 Singles And Fourteen Music Videos. The Band Has Sold Approximately 12 Million Albums Worldwide 2 Million In The US Alone And Their Latest Three Albums Have Each Won A Grammy Award For Best Alternative Music Album. On February 2 2011 The Band Announced On Their Website That They Had Disbanded. Official Band Website Www.Whitestripes.Com
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"The Hardest Button To Button" Is A 7" Single By The American Alternative Rock Band The White Stripes. It Is The Third Single From Their Album Elephant. The Cover Of The Single Is An Allusion To The Graphics Of Saul Bass Seen In The Movie Posters And Title Sequences Of Films Such As Anatomy Of A Murder And The Man With The Golden Arm. Jack White Says That The Song Is About A Child Trying To Find His Place In A Dysfunctional Family When A New Baby Comes. The Music Video For "The Hardest Button To Button" Is The Third White Stripes Video Directed By Michel Gondry After "Fell In Love With A Girl" And "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" Two Years Later He Would Direct The Music Video For "The Denial Twist" . The Video Utilizes Pixilation Animation To Create The Effect Of Dozens Of Drum Kits And Guitar Amplifiers Multiplying To The Rhythm Of The Song As Jack And Meg Perform. For Example In One Sequence Meg Is Seen Playing The Bass Drum At A Subway Station. At Every Beat She Plays She Appears With A New Bass Drum While The Last Becomes Vacant. This Was Achieved By First Setting Up A Trail Of Bass Drums. Then Meg Would Be Filmed Performing A Single Beat On The Last Drum In The Line Followed By The Removal Of That Drum. Meg Would Then Proceed To The Next Drum Play Another Beat And So On. The Final Video Is Edited To Include The Drum Beats With The Sequence Reversed Making It Appear As If The Drums Are Being Added To The Beat Appearing Out Of Thin Air. As Many As 80 Identical Bass Drums And Fender Guitar Amps Were Used In The Video. Much Of The Video Was Filmed Around Riverside Drive And The Columbia University Area Near Grant's Tomb And Around The 125th Street Exit And Surrounding Neighborhood - All Part Of The Upper West Side In Manhattan - New York City. Parts Of The Video Were Filmed At The 33rd Street PATH Station. There Is A Short Cameo By Beck About Two And A Half Minutes In As A Man In A White Suit Presenting Jack With A "box With Something In It". This Song And A Parody Of The Video Features In The Episode Of The Simpsons Jazzy And The Pussycats. The White Stripes Appear As Themselves In The Episode In Which Bart Learns To Play The Drums. He Is Seen Playing The Drums Around Springfeild In The Same Fashion As Meg In This Song's Video Ending In A Collision And Chase With The White Stripes Themselves. Released December 9 2003
Format CD 7"
Recorded April 2003
Genre Alternative Rock Garage Rock Revival
Length 3 32
Label XL Recordings
Producer Jack White
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The White Stripes Was An Alternative Rock Band Formed In 1997 In Detroit Michigan United States. They Disbanded In 2011. The Group Consisted Of Songwriter Jack White Vocals Piano/keyboards Guitar And Meg White Drums Vocals . After Releasing Several Singles And Three Albums Within The Detroit Independent Music Underground The White Stripes Rose To Prominence In 2002 As Part Of The Garage Rock Revival Scene. Their Successful Albums White Blood Cells And Elephant Drew Them Attention From A Large Variety Of Media Outlets In The United States And The United Kingdom. The White Stripes Used A Low-Fidelity Do-It-Yourself Approach To Writing And Recording. Their Music Features A Melding Of Punk And Blues Influences And A Raw Simplicity Of Composition Arrangement And Performance. The Duo Is Also Noted For Their Fashion And Design Aesthetic Which Features A Simple Color Scheme Of Red White And Black. The White Stripes' Discography Consists Of Six Studio Albums Two Extended Plays EP One Video Album 26 Singles And Fourteen Music Videos. The Band Has Sold Approximately 12 Million Albums Worldwide 2 Million In The US Alone And Their Latest Three Albums Have Each Won A Grammy Award For Best Alternative Music Album. On February 2 2011 The Band Announced On Their Website That They Had Disbanded. Official Band Website Www.Whitestripes.Com
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"The Hardest Button to Button" is a 7" single by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes. It is the third single from their album Elephant. The cover of the single is an allusion to the graphics of Saul Bass, seen in the movie posters and title sequences of films such as Anatomy of a Murder and The Man with the Golden Arm.
Jack White says that the song is about a child trying to find his place in a dysfunctional family when a new baby comes.
The music video for "The Hardest Button to Button" is the third White Stripes video directed by Michel Gondry, after "Fell in Love with a Girl" and "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (two years later, he would direct the music video for "The Denial Twist").
The video utilizes pixilation animation to create the effect of dozens of drum kits and guitar amplifiers multiplying to the rhythm of the song as Jack and Meg perform. For example, in one sequence, Meg is seen playing the bass drum at a subway station. At every beat she plays, she appears with a new bass drum while the last becomes vacant. This was achieved by first setting up a trail of bass drums. Then, Meg would be filmed performing a single beat on the last drum in the line, followed by the removal of that drum. Meg would then proceed to the next drum, play another beat, and so on. The final video is edited to include the drum beats with the sequence reversed, making it appear as if the drums are being added to the beat, appearing out of thin air. As many as 80 identical bass drums and Fender guitar amps were used in the video.
Much of the video was filmed around Riverside Drive and the Columbia University area near Grant's Tomb and around the 125th Street exit and surrounding neighborhood, - all part of the Upper West Side in Manhattan - New York City. Parts of the video were filmed at the 33rd Street PATH station.
There is a short cameo by Beck about two and a half minutes in as a man in a white suit presenting Jack with a "box with something in it".
This song and a parody of the video features in the episode of The Simpsons, Jazzy and the Pussycats. The White Stripes appear as themselves in the episode, in which Bart learns to play the drums. He is seen playing the drums around Springfeild in the same fashion as Meg in this song's video, ending in a collision and chase with The White Stripes themselves.
Released December 9, 2003
Format CD, 7"
Recorded April 2003
Genre Alternative rock, garage rock revival
Length 3:32
Label XL Recordings
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